bour

See also: Bour

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English būr; more at bower.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔur/, /ˈbuːr/

Noun

bour (plural bours)

1. A chamber or a cottage.
   • Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale

     Ful sooty was hir bour, and eek hir halle,
     In which she eet ful many a sclendre meel.

Descendants

• English: bower

---

Romanian

bour

Alternative forms

• (archaic) buăr, buar, boar

Etymology

From Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).

Noun

bour m (plural bouri)

1. aurochs (Bos primigenius)
2. wild bull
3. wisent (Bison bonasus)
4. the old emblem of Moldova (with the head of a wisent)

Declension

Declension of bour

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bour	bourul	(niște) bouri	bourii
genitive/dative	(unui) bour	bourului	(unor) bouri	bourilor
vocative	bourule		bourilor

Synonyms

• (wisent): zimbru

See also

• bou